RF tags cross-matched with an Web-accessible database of all the relevant information would work great for this, wouldn't it? You would still need the barcodes so that the cash register in the supermarket wouldn't make you pay for the food of everyone waiting in line, but this sounds like a great application for RF tags.
Why not use white LEDs for the light source? A bunch of those would take up much less space/volume than car headlamps, and would probably give you plenty of light to work with. They would probably run cooler and suck less power too.
But of course. They are so incredibly thoughtful that they are even watching out for small artists who might be ripping themselves off by recording their own music at home. God bless 'em.
I wish they would make some regular headphones like their aircraft headsets. Those have these great gel ear pads that are the most comfortable things that I've ever worn and work great at eliminating noise. I tried them out in one of the Bose stores (very noisy, lots of different music styles from demo units) and I could barely hear anything from the stereo systems being demoed. Great stuff.
Well... correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't many/all of the large telco's required by law to open their networks to other smaller companies providing competing servies? That would seem to be an extremely similar case to this one.
Who cares what your outside connection is? The extra available internal bandwidth is always valuable. If you do anything with audio or video production or have ever needed to shuffle large files (anything larger than 10-20 megs) between multiple computers in your home, there is no reason not to get the higher capacity cable. Plus, what are you going to do when the next breakthrough in connectivity happens and you are still stuck with a 100 M/bit ceiling?
Of course its intentional. Just like how every movie star uses a Powerbook or drinks a specific soft drink (always with the label facing the camera). To think otherwise is just irresponsible. One of my friends is a prop master in LA, and cannot uses any real product without having trademark issues pop up.
Well hey, their content is *of course* not harmful to children, so it should by default be available nationwide. Now Slashdot on the otherhand posts links to objectionable content and morally deserves to be culled from the Web.
I guess that would mean that you could go after Microsoft as well, since some of "their" (collective) knowlege may have come from the Windows Help files or personal use and experimentation with the OS.
How about building a cell block in the sub^10 basement of the new towers and imprisoning those responsible there? Surround them with the evidence that America will not be beaten into submission. Even bigger "F@$# You" to the bastards.
Everyone should have to pay a tax on their grey matter since we all get songs stuck in our heads. That is unauthorized storage of copyrighted materials. If you start singing it, some poor starving artist won't get their rent money!
Once the government and corporations realize how little people like the DMCA and that it is not constitutional (a very secondary concern), they will be forced to rework it for a second generation approach. This will most likely be approaching the following:
...therefor all citizens of the United States and all other adopting [read bribed] nations are required by law to purchase a single copy of all copyrighted content(4) for the express purpose of limiting loss of intellectual property rights by the aforementioned holders, managers and producers of said content.
If we are required to buy everything that the RIAA, MPAA, and every other misc. content producer makes, then they don't have to worry about piracy. They can just crank out Scream 114, and not have to worry if some 1337 k1dd13 is ripping it, cause they already made the money from the sale. They also don't have to worry about whether it is crap or not, so hey... twice the reason to party.
This may sound completely Orwellian, but is it any more rediculous than the current DMCA or WIPO?
Maybe one day millions of people will watch first-person shooters too.
They already do... it's called news coverage. This type of spectator sport becomes especially popular after a major "tournaments" such as those held at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO or Hillcrest Elementary in Jonesburo, AR.
...until someone inadvertently uses it on Aunt Martha instead of the cute, petite college girl walking next to her. Just think of the damage to society you could cause with one of those things.
Perhaps someone should write a SirDmitry VBS virus to get attention. Since the media loves reporting on virii recently, that would get their attention. Or name the virus DMCA.w32 so that the headlines can read DMCA Hits Computers Nationwide. Just a thought.
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RF tags cross-matched with an Web-accessible database of all the relevant information would work great for this, wouldn't it? You would still need the barcodes so that the cash register in the supermarket wouldn't make you pay for the food of everyone waiting in line, but this sounds like a great application for RF tags.
Oh, is that what DC did with all of those CueCat's that people didn't seem to want?
Why not use white LEDs for the light source? A bunch of those would take up much less space/volume than car headlamps, and would probably give you plenty of light to work with. They would probably run cooler and suck less power too.
But of course. They are so incredibly thoughtful that they are even watching out for small artists who might be ripping themselves off by recording their own music at home. God bless 'em.
I wish they would make some regular headphones like their aircraft headsets. Those have these great gel ear pads that are the most comfortable things that I've ever worn and work great at eliminating noise. I tried them out in one of the Bose stores (very noisy, lots of different music styles from demo units) and I could barely hear anything from the stereo systems being demoed. Great stuff.
Well... correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't many/all of the large telco's required by law to open their networks to other smaller companies providing competing servies? That would seem to be an extremely similar case to this one.
No, no, no. Simply convert the Earth into a Dyson sphere. It would work much more nicely, I think.
Who cares what your outside connection is? The extra available internal bandwidth is always valuable. If you do anything with audio or video production or have ever needed to shuffle large files (anything larger than 10-20 megs) between multiple computers in your home, there is no reason not to get the higher capacity cable. Plus, what are you going to do when the next breakthrough in connectivity happens and you are still stuck with a 100 M/bit ceiling?
Of course its intentional. Just like how every movie star uses a Powerbook or drinks a specific soft drink (always with the label facing the camera). To think otherwise is just irresponsible. One of my friends is a prop master in LA, and cannot uses any real product without having trademark issues pop up.
So yes, IT IS INTENTIONAL!!!
Well hey, their content is *of course* not harmful to children, so it should by default be available nationwide. Now Slashdot on the otherhand posts links to objectionable content and morally deserves to be culled from the Web.
I guess that would mean that you could go after Microsoft as well, since some of "their" (collective) knowlege may have come from the Windows Help files or personal use and experimentation with the OS.
How about building a cell block in the sub^10 basement of the new towers and imprisoning those responsible there? Surround them with the evidence that America will not be beaten into submission. Even bigger "F@$# You" to the bastards.
I can see this type of thing being included in the next release of Net Nanny/Cyberpatrol/etc.
NetNanny... Make your children run from pr0n (or their mouse anyway)!
Speed up? No sir! What the will do is use the data to arrange their content in such a way as to achieve maximum ad views.
Isn't it nice to see that someone has figured out how to beat the ASCII art filter. *Groan*
Everyone should have to pay a tax on their grey matter since we all get songs stuck in our heads. That is unauthorized storage of copyrighted materials. If you start singing it, some poor starving artist won't get their rent money!
If we are required to buy everything that the RIAA, MPAA, and every other misc. content producer makes, then they don't have to worry about piracy. They can just crank out Scream 114, and not have to worry if some 1337 k1dd13 is ripping it, cause they already made the money from the sale. They also don't have to worry about whether it is crap or not, so hey... twice the reason to party.
This may sound completely Orwellian, but is it any more rediculous than the current DMCA or WIPO?
I wonder how many music professionals got into the whole "Napster craze"? And how big is Rosen's MP3 collection?
The address in their Shareholder Information page is in Seattle.
Wouldn't that mean you are running Micro$oft Windows at home, where you have a choice? It is the weekend after all...
Nope, they don't have that one either. They have to compete with Boeing and Starbucks for Washington, so no monopoly. Sorry boys.
Maybe one day millions of people will watch first-person shooters too.
They already do... it's called news coverage. This type of spectator sport becomes especially popular after a major "tournaments" such as those held at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO or Hillcrest Elementary in Jonesburo, AR.
...until someone inadvertently uses it on Aunt Martha instead of the cute, petite college girl walking next to her. Just think of the damage to society you could cause with one of those things.
Also, never forget that creative editting can give virtually anything said the spin a "news" show is looking for.
Yeah, creative...
Perhaps someone should write a SirDmitry VBS virus to get attention. Since the media loves reporting on virii recently, that would get their attention. Or name the virus DMCA.w32 so that the headlines can read DMCA Hits Computers Nationwide . Just a thought.